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Letters Patent No. 77,516,0Zateol May 5, 1.868.

IMPROVED BASKET.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, SARAH P. MILLER, of Beavelgin the county of Beaver,and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved ClothWater-Proof Basket; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, andexact description thereof', which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, -formin'g part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the materialused andiin the method of forming or manufacturing baskets for variouspurposes; and'it consists in'const'ructing the same of strips of clothor paper rags, braided or twisted together, shaped,l painted, andvarnished, asV will be hereinafter described.

The drawing represents a basket formed according to my invention. v

The cloth is torn or cut into strips, as for. making carpet, or it maybe in any form so that the pieces can be braided or twisted together.-The braids orrstrands are s'ewed together in any form suitable for t-hedesired shape of the basket.

After being thus se'Wed, the basket is stuffed withl rags, moss, or anyother material suitable for. the purpose, to exactly the desired shape.

The outside is then sized with any suitable sti'ening-substance, so thatit will make the basket stiii` enough to retain its shape afterthe'stung is removed.

After the stuiing is removed, the insideis stiifened in the same manner'with the sizing, when the basket is thoroughly dried.

The basket is then painted inside and outside with any suitableoil-paint, and of any desired color-,after which it is varnished withcoach-varnish, or other varnish suited tothe purpose.

A basket made in this manner is both water-proof and durable, and as theprincipal materials are found in every household, the baskets may beproduced at comparatively slight cost.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- `As a new article of manufacture, a cloth basket,made of strips of cloth braided or twisted together, and coated withvarnish or sizing inside and out,to preserve the vform and render itwater-proof, substantially as described. i

Witnesses:

Jos. C. WILsoN, J. C. MeKENzIE.

- SARAH P. P. MILLER.

